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When MCP tools break, isolate the server before blaming the agent
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When MCP tools break, isolate the server before blaming the agent

#mcp #ai #agents #debugging
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How LLM agents confabulate infrastructure and data provenance
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How LLM agents confabulate infrastructure and data provenance

#ai #llm #agents #promptengineering
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An MCP 404 trips the circuit breaker and drops valid reads
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An MCP 404 trips the circuit breaker and drops valid reads

#mcp #ai #agents #api
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Logging VHF DSC distress calls in SignalK (PGN 129808)
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Logging VHF DSC distress calls in SignalK (PGN 129808)

#signalk #marine #nmea0183 #nmea2000
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Why your agent ignores its skill body but obeys the system prompt
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Why your agent ignores its skill body but obeys the system prompt

#ai #agents #skills #selfhosted
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Why Claude won't transcribe your PDF — and what to do instead
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Why Claude won't transcribe your PDF — and what to do instead

#ai #claude #anthropic #llm
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Why we kept named MCP tools despite a 96% token saving
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Why we kept named MCP tools despite a 96% token saving

#mcp #signalk #ai #voiceassistant
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Why generic weather MCPs fail for marine navigation (use NDBC buoys)
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Why generic weather MCPs fail for marine navigation (use NDBC buoys)

#mcp #marine #weather #ndbc
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Discrete MCP tools vs execute_code: when each wins
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Discrete MCP tools vs execute_code: when each wins

#ai #mcp #signalk #voiceassistant
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Adopt vs build: why we deleted our working logbook for SignalK
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Adopt vs build: why we deleted our working logbook for SignalK

#ai #mcp #signalk #opensource
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Push SignalK alarms to your phone with a zero-dependency relay
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Push SignalK alarms to your phone with a zero-dependency relay

#signalk #ntfy #pushnotifications #notifications
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SEO and GEO on TanStack Start: prerender to static
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SEO and GEO on TanStack Start: prerender to static

#tanstackstart #seo #geo #prerendering
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Fix LLM formatting in the tool layer, not the prompt
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Fix LLM formatting in the tool layer, not the prompt

#ai #mcp #voiceassistant #llm
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launchd's minimal PATH breaks MCP servers: uv command not found
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launchd's minimal PATH breaks MCP servers: uv command not found

#macos #launchd #mcp #selfhosted
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No audio from the Home Assistant Nabu puck: use assist_satellite.announce
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No audio from the Home Assistant Nabu puck: use assist_satellite.announce

#homeassistant #selfhosted #voiceassistant #ai
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Route all Home Assistant voice to a custom agent with a wildcard sentence
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Route all Home Assistant voice to a custom agent with a wildcard sentence

#homeassistant #selfhosted #voiceassistant #ai
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